Childish Ian McKellen
Childish Ian McKellen
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Childish Ian McKellen
Posted: 11/17/09 at 6:24pm
When staying in hotels, Ian McKellen rips pages out of the Bible. (Yes they are the verses that speak about homosexuality). It's really so childish. I wonder if he rips pages out of the Koran as well.
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#2Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 6:26pm
Goth, you are an idiot!
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=2&boardname=bway&thread=1006896#3892097
Ian is more of a man than you will ever be!
EVIE
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#2Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 6:33pmOne of the many reasons Gandalf is my hero!
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#3Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 7:07pmGoth I am not familiar with any hotels that put the Koran in the rooms- do you know of any?
#4Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 7:08pm
Yes, Goth, I'm sure he rips the pages out of every Koran he happens upon in a motel night table.
#5Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 7:47pmHe wouldn't have to do it if the Bible had been translated correctly.
#6Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 8:34pm
I've always found the presence of those Bibles in night-table drawers to be extremely offensive.
Why can't people bring their own goddamn bibles?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#7Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 8:54pm
"I've always found the presence of those Bibles in night-table drawers to be extremely offensive."
You could always call the front desk and ask them to remove it.
Or put up the money to have "And The Band Played On" placed in hotels across America.
#8Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 9:03pm
It's just so ANNOYING to have to push the goddamn bible back when I put my condoms and lube in the drawer.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#9Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 9:22pm
Yeah, Randy Shilts's somewhat nonfiction book is the gay equivalent of the bible.
Goth, I say this in all sincerity: MARY!
#10Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 9:45pm
I'd almost forgotten that gay = AIDS.
Thanks, Goth.
#11Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 9:47pm
I think he meant to say "Angels in America."
Or maybe "Liza with a Z."
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#12Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:34pmNo, he would have said the Gordon Merrick collection but he realized it would be too revealing.
#13Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:37pmOne time I put the lube back in the drawer but it wasn't fully shut and it leaked. All. Over. The. BIBLE.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#14Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:38pmJust the hot parts, I hope.
#15Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:47pmI think you should have to ask the front desk FOR the bible. Not to ask them to take it away.
#16Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:49pmThe way you ask them for a toothbrush.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#17Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:50pmAnd the number for a massage.
#18Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:53pmDo they have the number for one with a happy ending?
#19Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 11:09pmIf it's a good hotel.
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#20Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/17/09 at 11:21pm
I do believe that the whole "bible in hotel room" began with one being left at the front desk for people to request. I wonder how many people would do so.
Personally, I, too, find the placement of a bible in my hotel room offensive. I always remove it and stick it on a shelf high-up in the back of the closet. It just creeps me out.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#21Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/18/09 at 3:39amI put my bible in the bathroom and then use it for toilet paper.
#22Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/18/09 at 9:53am
*Amber zooming in with the unpopular opinion*
I think it is disrespectful and vandalism. I don't read the King James version of the bible and have never even cracked a hotel copy, but I still don't agree with defacing it. I think he IS feeding into the belief that those passages condemn us and that gay people who identify as Christian and Christians who support us are just ignoring certain passages. The battle will be won by proving to people that MANY things in the bible were put there for political gain, controlling the masses and in some cases a very outdated need for protection. We fight with intellect, not destruction. Some kind of common ground must be found. In my opinion, he's doing much more harm than good.
As for the bible being there in the first place, I don't really get that. I know one group's soul purpose is to purchase bibles and put them in every hotel room. If it really bothers you, you can ask upon booking that it be removed. I just shove it to the back of the drawer and ignore it.
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#23Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/18/09 at 10:02am
Amber - I completely agree. I admire McKellan and his strong opinions but the Bible is a holy book to millions of people and it is hotel property. It seems petty and destructive to use this method to express himself.
I love your typo as to the Gideons "soul purpose" - or maybe that was wonderfully intentional? I know nothing about the Gideons other than their belief that a Bible may, in fact, provide some comfort to some lonely and desperate person somewhere. All joking aside, the intent is quite human and helpful, no?
#24Hey Goth, Pot Calling the Kettle Black!
Posted: 11/18/09 at 10:18am
I'm with Amber on this one. To me, the Bible is more ancient fictional literature than anything else, but I don't think he's doing anyone any good by defacing it.
And, I can't even tell you the last time I noticed a Bible in a hotel room.
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